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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in elearning have enabled people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of subjects that elearning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to better perceive these compelling new open education ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Universities want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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